Glittered And Gorgeous

Hello everyone,

Today's card is one that I designed for a girlfriend and I to craft at a crop in October.

The image is an Elizabeth Crafts Designs outline sticker glittered with Classic Red Glamour Glitter and a variety of Martha Stewart glitter.  The image is layered on Worldwin gold, Stampin' Up Whisper White and a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The sentiment is Hero Arts Very Merry Christmas stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.  The embellishments are Crafts Rhinestone stickers.

All that glitter just puts me in the happiest of places.  These types of images are incredibly time consuming and finicky but the results are so very worth it.  They make for utterly mind-blowing beautiful.  I kept the rest of the card pretty simple so as not to have to compete with this poinsettia.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Glittering Dove

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another Christmas card that I've been hoarding for the past year.  It was time to share.

The card base is Artois Klondike.  The image is Elizabeth Crafts Designs glittered with Martha Stewart Peridot and Fine Crystal glitter, Light Gold Jewel Glitter Ritz, Classic Red Glamour Glittter, and Crystal Glitter Ritz Warm Highlight glitter.  The sentiment is Penny Black A Wish For Peace heat embossed with Close To My Heart gold embossing powder.

This photo doesn't do the card justice.  The card base has a wonderful shimmer that works beautifully with the glitter in the dove.  When I finished this card, I couldn't believe that I had actually made it!  I often glitter a whole bunch of these images at the same time because it is really labour intensive and really, really messy!  If I could only craft glitter Christmas cards, I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Glittering Holly

Hello everyone,

I'm still posting the Christmas card I crafted for my own friends.

The printed paper is Recollections Sugar Plums layered on Stampin' Up Real Red.  The image is Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel-Off sticker affixed to Real Red and glittered with Studio K Green Ultrafine glitter and Classic Red Glamour Glitter.  The sentiment is Hero Arts Very Merry Christmas stamped in Real Red on Bazzill white.  The brad is BoBunny.

This is a really simple card using leftover Christmas bits and paper.  The ornament is only affixed with the brad so it moves.  I filled in this holly a number of different ways before settling on glitter.  Marker was boring.  Sakura glitter was too gold.  Gelly Roll pen didn't cover the gold.  Glitter was just right.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Glittering Elegance

Hello everyone,

Another colleague Christmas card for you today.

The printed papers are K&Company Tim Coffey.  The sentiment is Penny Black Holly Xmas stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Stampin' Up Whisper White and glittered with Classic Red Glamour Glitter, Green Studio K Glitter and Sakura Clear Star Gelly roll pen.  The sentiment is layered on a Ranger Alcohol inked piece of glossy paper and more K&Company Tim Coffey paper.

I was going through all the Christmas bits and pieces that I have lying around and decided to try to use them up on these next few cards.  I'd started with some ornaments that I had previously punched from some alcohol inked paper and stamped with a small holly stamp that I had then glittered.  This sentiment was to mimic that ornament.  Once I'd gotten all the elements together, I didn't end up using the ornament because it just didn't work.  This is likely what happened the first time around.  Oh well, I'll stick it back in the stash for another time.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Trees and Wishes

Hello everyone,

I'm just finishing up my Christmas in July series with some of the glitter cards I crafted in the Spring.

The Peel-Offs Xmas Trees 2 are glittered with Glitter Ritz Warm Highlight, Glamour Glitter Classic Red and Martha Stewart Brownstone, Golden Beryl, and Peridot glitter.  The images are layered on gold, green and red shimmery paper of unknown origin. The sentiment is Annabelle Stamps Ornamental Christmas stamped in Stampin' Up Forest Foliage on Whisper White.  The embellishments are Mark Richards 3mm gold metal.

I wish I took better photos because this card is no where near as washed out as it appears.  I love the incredible sparkle of these glitter cards which is why I had so much trouble ending this series of cards.  I used the same colour glitter in each tree but I didn't make them exactly the same.  I do find the trees a little on the busy side but it was fun to try some differ

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Christmas Gifts

Hello everyone,

I had a couple of extra glittered images sitting on my desk and was struck with an idea after looking at them for a couple of weeks.

The card base is Artois Klondike.  The images are Peel-Offs Christmas Trees 2 glittered with Classic Red Glamour Glitter, Martha Stewart Smoky Quartz glitter, and Crystal Glitter Ritz Cool Highlight.  The images are affixed to an ornament punched from Recollections silver foil.  The sentiment is Penny Black A Wonderful Christmas stamped on Stampin' Up Whisper White in Versafine Onyx Black, heat embossed with Close To My Heart silver pearl embossing powder and layered on Recollections gold foil.

I just think this is an awesome Christmas card.  I love how these three, tiny, glittered gifts have such an impact.  Using this small cluster of images really allowed the use of this big sentiment stamp.  So nicely balanced.  I don't think I've ever really purposely combine gold and silver but I really wanted to use this ornament and the outline stickers were gold so I just ran with it and it worked!  I don't think I'll hesitate to do it again .

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle